Batman: Arkham Origins is a 2013
action-adventure game developed by
WB Games Montréal and published by
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the
DC Comics superhero
Batman, it is the follow-up to the 2011 video game
Batman: Arkham City and is the third main installment in the
Batman: Arkham series. Written by
Corey May, Ryan Galletta and
Dooma Wendschuh, the game's main storyline is set eight years before 2009's
Batman: Arkham Asylum and follows a younger, less-refined Batman. When a bounty is placed on him by crime lord
Black Mask, drawing eight of the world's greatest assassins to
Gotham City on Christmas Eve, Batman must bring Black Mask to justice, while also being hunted by the police and having to face other villains, such as the
Joker and
Anarky, who take advantage of the chaos to launch their own nefarious schemes.
The game is played from a
third-person perspective, focusing on Batman's combat and stealth abilities, detective skills and gadgets for combat and exploration. Batman can freely move around the
open world of Gotham City, interacting with characters and undertaking missions. Aside from the main story, Batman can help the police deal with crimes and confront other supervillains terrorizing the city.
Arkham Origins introduces the ability for Batman to virtually recreate crimes, allowing him to investigate the scene and identify the culprit. The game is also the first in the series with a
multiplayer mode, in which players partake in a gang war between the Joker and
Bane.
Development on
Arkham Origins began in 2011. WB Games Montréal took over development duties from series creator
Rocksteady Studios, which was preoccupied with
Batman: Arkham Knight and thus would not have been able to release a new game for considerable time. The team chose to make the game a
prequel to explore certain aspects of the Batman character, such as his vulnerability and lack of experience, that previous games could not; the story was inspired by the comics
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight and "
Batman: Year One", and was developed with input from writer
Geoff Johns. Development of the multiplayer mode was handled by the British studio
Splash Damage, separately from the main game.
Arkham Origins was released worldwide on October 25, 2013 for the
PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360,
Wii U, and
Microsoft Windows. In contrast to the critical
Acclaim of its predecessors,
Arkham Origins received mixed reviews; it was praised for its voice acting, boss battles, storyline, and score, but was criticized for its technical issues and a general lack of innovation in gameplay mechanics, while the multiplayer aspect was considered an unnecessary addition to the series. A companion game,
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, was released alongside
Arkham Origins for the
Nintendo 3DS and
PlayStation Vita, and a spin-off
mobile game for
iOS and
Android platforms was released in October 2013. An animated sequel,
Batman: Assault on Arkham, was released in 2014, and a successor video game,
Batman: Arkham Knight, was released in June 2015.
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